Automobile.



A.' MONTEL.

AUTOMOBILE.

APPLICATION FILED MAILZI. 1912.

Patented Aug. 1.3, 1912.

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A. MONTEL. AUTOMOBILE. APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 21. 1912.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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'iliiiltlili .ALFA MONTEL., F CLAYPOO'L, INDXANA.

AUTOMOBLE.

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Specification of Letters atent.

Application v"ded March 2l, 1912.

Patented Aug. 15S, ii'lj'zr.

sei-iai No. 685.342.

pool, in the county oKoseiusko, citate oLt indiana, have invented certain -new and use-- itul Improvements in Automobiles; and .l do hereby declare the following;- to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to malte and use the same.

rllhis invention relates to improvements in automobiles, and particularly to the manner in which the body is supported-by the axles.

The invention has for its object to provide a new and novel means, whereby the bottom et the body is suspended below the plane oit the axles.

With these and other objects in view, thel invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrancon'ient of parts as will be hereinafter fully te scribed and claimed.

in the drawings: .Figure l is a side eleva tion of an automobile. Fig. 2 is a trent elevation. Fig. B is a top plan view of the traine. 191g'. i is a sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

-)referring4 to the drawings, the numeral l1t designates the body ot' an automobile te thev under surface of which is secured the longitudinal sills 2. To the front and rear ends et' the sills 2 are secureda pair ot' spaced vertical uprights 3, the upper ends oi which being bent lat right angles and are bolted Vto the upper section 4 of the elliptical spring 5 commonly used upon automobiles.

Adapted for vertical movement between the uprights 3 are the front and rear axles 6 and 7, respectively, each of which being pron vided near its ends with clamps 8, said clamps being provided with four ea rs i), the saine being so arranged vthat each pair assumes a vertical alin d position upon the inner and outer sides of the axles, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Each ear 9 is provided with a bearing' 10 @Topics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing me Cer;

(d l section li of the spring 'for supporting;r the opposite ends et the rods 1l. Mounted upon the opposite ends oit the rods are friction rol ers l2, said rollers being adapted to cont-act with the opposing faces of the upi'iig'hts il, thus permitting the :i;

to nieve vertically between said uprights, and without lrietion during,` the travel of the automobile.

A pair ci clips CL3 ai secured to the lower 5, and in spaced relation thereon. Each clip is termed wi eye l5 :tor rotatably supporting; the ti iiions le of the rollers i7, said rollers s' ing to receive the end thrust oii the uprigh'ts 3 incide'nt to the swinging nient et the body l when the Velin..v motion.

Frein thisconstruction il; will be seen t l.. wheels of equal diameter may be used, and. ii desired wheels oi unequal danie be employed. It will be apparent tb construction will permit the use oi ii'licels` oif the saine diameter upon the iront and axles. it desired the rear axle could mounted upon the? sillsl 2 nearer the "f i axle, thus the load in the rear seat could be supported rearwardly or the .rear .-s.

An automobile body havingl longitudinal. sills secured to its under surface, a paiuo'f spaced vertical upii, oit said` sills, axles adel between each pair olf uprights, spain, ed upon the aides, said upright; l upper ends connected tothe sprin` secured' ncareaoh end 4of said ax l having 'their opposite ends supported by t clamps, :friction rollers mounted on the e of said rods and being adapted to c with the opposing faces et each pair et rights, as and ior the purpose .set lrnftii.

ln testimony whereof, @i alii); my sig ture, in presence of two witnesses.

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